A Selection of Plants that Attract Insects
These are usually sun-loving plants, which will provide food for butterflies, pollen for bees. Encourage natural predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies, who keep the numbers down of less welcome visitors to the garden.
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NEPETA 'Hill Grounds'
Grey-green foliage topped with intense violet flowers June-August. Full sun.
40cm £5.00
HELENIUM 'Gartensonne'
Bright yellow flowers with a lemon-yellow reverse on tall stems. Sun.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
SALVIA greggii 'Emperor'
Masses of wonderful maroon-purple flowers through summer and autumn. Hardy in a sunny, well-drained spot. Takes cuttings easily!
60cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Dapper Tapper'
Large mauve flowers on a shorter plant, August-October.
50cm £5.00
HELENIUM 'El Dorado'
Big bright yellow flowers with a large, dark central cone. My current favourite!
75cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'
Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.
60cm £5.00
ALTHAEA officinalis
Marshmallow! Graceful, tall plant with pale pink, magenta-centred flowers. Bees love it, and the root is used to make marshmallows! Well-drained soil in sun.
1.50m £5.00
ASTER 'Chilly Fingers'
Sprays of pale blue daisies with long, thin, curled petals, similar to, but more curled than 'Lutetia', and taller too.
90cm £5.00
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